Tuesday, May 27

I know, I normally go heavy on the
picture posting and light on the
writing but I had to throw in some bits and pieces I gathered from a few
of Pauline's interviews because she's as awesome as her quilts.

"I had been struggling to work as an actress in New York for over ten
years and the idea of letting that go started brewing in me. I took off
to join my boyfriend in Asia where he was working, and I just took the
time to sew and develop my quilting style. He bought me a foot-pedal
table sewing machine and we dragged it home in a tuk tuk."

Quartz Quilt : "Inspired by the imagined life of a miner, my great grandfather's holy
vision of white light in the mines of Southern Illinois and the quartz
lines that move through rocks in Northern CA near the Yuba river."

Here's a photo of Pauline in Myanmar via Facebook: Smiles possibly iindicating an epic trade just took place?I like to think so.

"I ... love to trade for clothes when I travel. I’ll find
out what the old ladies’ style is and buy new stuff at the markets and
then go to villages. There’s always a really funny ‘here’s that crazy
lady who wants our dirty old sarongs’ moment, but then they’ll start
pulling out some quilting or patchwork to show me once we’re on the same
page.”

Pauline doesn't limit herself to the textiles she picks up on her travels. She also finds inspiration and a use for everyday fabrics.

"... I’m just always looking, anything could be potential
material- a striped end of an otherwise worn out kitchen towel, a dress
that never quite fit. Men’s shirting from thrift stores always yields
lots of yardage in more neutral tones and cottons."

The screenshot below exemplifies the sheer awesomeness of her local sourcing efforts.

I could keep posting but I have to stop somewhere, and I think I made my point: Pauline should go down as the coolest quilter (if that's a word) in history. If you want to check out her quilts for yourself you can find her quilt archive here, facebook here and quilts for sale here.